page_title: Yip Pin Xiu
hierarchical_section_title: Yip Pin Xiu
caption_attribution_description: Rio de Janeiro - Cerimônia de abertura dos Jogos Paralmpicos Rio 2016 no Estdio do Maracanã (Tomaz Silva/Agência Brasil)
context_page_description: Yip Pin Xiu, PJG is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She is a three-time Paralympic gold medallist and a one-time IPC gold medallist, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2.
  She has muscular dystrophy and competes in the S3 category for the physically impaired. Since 2005, she has won medals in international competitions such as the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, Japan Paralympic Swimming Championships and International German Paralympic Swimming Championships. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 50 metres backstroke and a silver medal in the 50 metres freestyle, setting world records in both events. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 100 metres S2 backstroke, setting a world record for that event, and another for her 50 m split.
  In honour of her feats at the Paralympic Games, she was conferred the Pingat Jasa Gemilang during the National Day Awards ceremony and named "Young Woman Achiever of the Year" by local magazine Her World. Her achievements contributed to public debate about the treatment and recognition of disabled athletes in Singapore.
context_section_description: Yip Pin Xiu, PJG (Chinese: 叶品秀; pinyin: Yè Pǐnxìu, born 10 January 1992) is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She is a three-time Paralympic gold medallist and a one-time IPC gold medallist, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2.
  She has muscular dystrophy and competes in the S3 category for the physically impaired. Since 2005, she has won medals in international competitions such as the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, Japan Paralympic Swimming Championships and International German Paralympic Swimming Championships. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 50 metres backstroke and a silver medal in the 50 metres freestyle, setting world records in both events. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 100 metres S2 backstroke, setting a world record for that event, and another for her 50 m split.
  In honour of her feats at the Paralympic Games, she was conferred the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) during the National Day Awards ceremony and named "Young Woman Achiever of the Year" by local magazine Her World. Her achievements contributed to public debate about the treatment and recognition of disabled athletes in Singapore.
  On 17 September 2018, Yip became a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore. Her term began on 22 September 2018, and was sworn to the parliament on 1 October 2018.
  Yip was not born with muscular dystrophy, her muscular dystrophy symptoms only appeared when she was 2. Her aunt saw that she could not extend and rotate her ankles. Her family then brought her to the doctor and he diagnosed it as muscular dystrophy. When she was five, she started swimming to improve her health and strengthen her muscles; nevertheless, by the age of eleven, she had lost her ability to walk and had to use a wheelchair. The youngest of three children in her family, she studied in Ai Tong Primary School and Bendemeer Secondary School, then graduated from Republic Polytechnic as back-up valedictorian and, as of 2017, graduated from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Social Science.
caption: Yip as the flag bearer for Singapore at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations
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